(pathology, oncology) A tumour of the central nervous system.
impoundage
impoundage
noun
The act of impounding.
The fee or fine for impounding.
incompared
incompared
adj
(obsolete) peerless; incomparable
leptomonad
leptomonad
noun
(biology) A form of some promastigote flagellates, similar to a nectomonad except for being shorter and replicative
Any trypanosomatid of the genus Leptomonas
mappemonde
mappemonde
noun
A medieval map of the known or imagined world.
megaphoned
megaphoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of megaphone
paddymelon
paddymelon
noun
(Australia) Any of various cucurbitaceous plants, especially Cucumis myriocarpus, native to Africa but naturalized in inland Australia.
Alternative form of pademelon
paedonymic
palaemonid
palaemonid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the species of family Palaemonidae.
palindrome
palindrome
noun
(by extension) A poetic form in which the sequence of words reads the same in either direction.
(by extension) A sequence of items that follows the same pattern both forwards and backwards.
(genetics) A stretch of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides on one strand are in the reverse order to that of the complementary strand
A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.
pandemonic
pandemonic
adj
Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a pandemonium.
pantomimed
pantomimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pantomime
parvenudom
parvenudom
noun
The realm or sphere of parvenus.
pedimanous
pedimanous
adj
(zoology) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as in the opossums and monkeys.
pentatomid
pentatomid
noun
(zoology) Any shield bug in the family Pentatomidae
piedmontal
piedmontal
adj
Relating to a piedmont.
planterdom
pneumatode
pneumatode
noun
(botany, histology) A group of cells presumed to be specialised as an airway for ventilation of particular tissues.
(botany, histology) A group of cells with spiral secondary wall thickenings, present in a velamen; acts as an airway for gas exchange for respiration or photosynthesis
pomeridian
pomeridian
adj
(rare) Of or pertaining to the afternoon.
postmedian
postmedian
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the median
preabdomen
preabdomen
noun
(entomology) The anterior segments of the abdomen, distinguished from the posterior segments holding the reproductive apparatus.
The enlarged anterior portion of the abdomen of a scorpion or sea scorpion
precommand
premanhood
promenaded
promenaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of promenade
promenader
promenader
noun
(chiefly UK, music) An attender at, or devotee of, promenade concerts.
Agent noun of promenade; one who promenades.
promenades
promenades
noun
plural of promenade
pulmonated
pulmonated
adj
(anatomy) pulmonate
torpedoman
torpedoman
noun
A person in charge of the torpedoes on a military vessel.